Week of October 8, 1957

The White House brands as “completely untrue and completely

vulgar” a charge by Arkansas Gov. Faubus that U.S. soldiers

have followed girl students into their dressing rooms at Little Rock

Central High School.

The Soviet Union announces it has tested a new type H-bomb.

This comes in the midst of Sputnik jubilation.

Syria accuses Turkey of “unjustified provocative actions,” including violations of

Syrian air space, massing troops on the border, kidnapping of Syrian citizens and

firing on border residents.

A State Department spokesperson says the department wouldn’t be surprised if

Russia launched another Sputnik “at any time.”

Nations of the Western European Union, a branch of the North Atlantic Treaty

Organization denounce the United States for letting Russia get ahead in military

science.

Experts at the Naval Research

Laboratory believe Sputnik could stay in

space for as long as a year. “Reports that

the rocket shell is disintegrating seem

highly unlikely at this time” said a

spokesperson.

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip

arrive in Ottawa. It’s her first visit to North

America as monarch.

Communist East Germany seals off its

people from the outside world while it

pushes through a blitz currency change-

over that cost the West millions. Communist police and officials immediately

began herding sleepy-eyed citizens to emergency conversion centers in banks,

schools, factories and restaurants to get the new bills at the exchange rate of one

for one.

Radio signals from the Russian earth satellite (Sputnik) are being heard again

after being silenced for six hours.

Week of October 8, 1957

President Eisenhower declares that the first U.S. satellite, a small 4-inch “test

vehicle” planned to scout space for the fully instrumented 20-inch sphere, will be

sent up this December.

Soviet Communist Party Chief Khrushchev accuses the U.S. of inciting Turkey to

start a war by attacking Syria and challenges the U.S. Senate to investigate his

charges.

Sports - The Dodgers approve a Los Angeles deal to move out of Brooklyn.

Entertainment news - Marries - Marlon Brando

and Ann Kashfi.

Television news -

“The Honeymooners” the Jackie Gleason filmed

series is getting top ratings in reruns over WRCA-TV

New York and WRCV in Philadelphia.

“Zorro” starring Guy Williams debuts this week (see

ad).

Week of October 8, 1957

Wednesday night television -

CBS - Douglas Edwards with the news, I Love Lucy (reruns), The Big Record,

The Millionaire, I’ve Got A Secret,

NBC - Huntley-Brinkley news, Wagon Train, Father Knows Best, This Is your

Life, Code Three, Tonight-Jack Paar

ABC - Disneyland, Navy Log, Ozzie and Harriet, Walter Winchell File, Boxing

ABC-TV’s “American Bandstand” beat the competition in September, according

to Trendex. “Bandstand” chalked up a 35.6 share - 62% higher than CBS and

35% higher than NBC.

Week of October 8, 1957

Saturday Night

Music news - Tom Edwards of WERE Cleveland is making his long-time

successful slide show promotion available to other record-hop jocks across the

country. Edwards who projects 35mm color slide transparencies of record artists

on a screen at his hops - accompanying the photos with a narration about the

record stars on display - offers DJ’s their choice of slide-photos of 306 different

Week of October 8, 1957

Top rhythm and blues -

Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley

Diana - Paul Anka

Wake Up Little Susie - Everly Brothers

Keep A Knockin’ - Little Richard

Honeycomb - Jimmie Rodgers

Mr. Lee - Bobbettes

Happy, Happy Birthday Baby - Tune

Weavers

Honest I Do - Jimmy Reed

Lotta Lovin’ - Gene Vincent

Think - Five Royals

That’ll Be The Day - Crickets

Farther Up the Road - Bobby Blue Bland

Hula Love - Buddy Knox

Send For Me - Nat King Cole

Top country & western -

Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley

Wake Up Little Susie - Everly Brothers

My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You -

Ray Price

Fraulein - Bobby Helms

Home of the Blues/Give My Love To

Rose - Johnny Cash

Geisha Girl - Hank Locklin

Bye Bye Love - Everly Brothers

Tangled Mind - Hank Snow

Holiday For Love - Webb Pierce

Why, Why? - Carl Smith

Top hits in Britain -

Tammy - Debbie Reynolds

Diana - Paul Anka

Love Letters In The Sand - Pat Boone

Let’s Have A Party - Elvis Presley

Water Water/Handful of Songs - Tommy Steele

Island In The Sun - Harry Belafonte

Wandering Eyes - Charlie Gracie

Teddy Bear - Elvis Presley

Week of October 8, 1957

All Shook Up - Elvis Presley

Paralysed - Elvis Presley

Dixie Darlin’ - Lonnie Donegan

Remember You’re Mine - Pat Boone

With All My Heart - Petula Clark

Last Train To San Fernando - Johnny Duncan

Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On - Jerry Lee Lewis

At the movies -

Man of a Thousand Faces - James Cagney, Dorothy Malone

The Pride and the passion - Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra

Jet Pilot - John Wayne

My Man Godfrey - June Allyson, David Niven

Sins of Casanova - Gabriele Ferzetti

Les Girls - Gene Kelly, Mitzi Gaynor, Kay Kendall

Week of October 8, 1957

Sports - President Walter O’Malley of the Los Angeles Dodgers pledges the

resources of his vast baseball empire to provide his newly adopted city with the

best team and biggest attendance figures in the National League.

Medical - One person out of every five in France has the flue and 100,000 new

cases of Asian flu have been reported to last 24 hours.

Fashion - New hair - hair will remain short, but it can be made to look long.

Women can choose the Castilian (first two) or the rag doll (women on the far

right).

Technology - Hawaii and the mainland are linked for the first time by a telephone

cable. The $37 million submarine cable, laid last summer, runs fro Point arena,

north of san Francisco, to Hanauma Bay near Honolulu, sometimes at depth of

three and one-half miles.

More Television News - Pinky Lee says he was severing contractual connections

with NBC and the Saturday morning “Gumby Show” on November 16 because

the networks are no longer interested in children’s programs. He said that he will

concentrate on nightclub and auditorium bookings. Lee went on the Gumby

Show June 9 after a year’s absence from television. He use to do two shows on

NBC - one a daily show and a weekend show. The daily show ended in May

1956.